Elizabeth Bromirski named SAA Woman of the Year

May 14, 2014

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dual-sport athlete
Elizabeth Bromirski has been named the Southern Athletic
Association Woman of the Year, the league office announced
today.

Bromirski, a senior from Somerville, Ala., has proven herself
over the past four seasons to be a consummate Division III
student-athlete. A standout in both women's basketball and track
and field, she won honors in both, collecting First-Team All-SAA
awards in basketball this past season, and also winning the
conference high jump titles in 2012 (when BSC was a member of the
Southern Collegiate Athletic Association) and 2014. She also
finished runner-up in the high jump in 2013 and runner up in the
long jump in 2014.

"I have been so blessed this year with accomplishments, and I am
so honored to bring this award back to BSC," Bromirski said. "I
could not have done it without the support of my parents, coaches,
fiancé, friends, training staff, and of course my BSC
family. I am so excited and thankful for this honor."

Bromirski also excelled in the classroom, earning Phi Beta Kappa
honors this spring. She has been a member of the Dean's List six
times, is a Mortar Board member, member of Omicron Delta Kappa and
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Societies, and has received the Greensboro
Scholarship and W.P. Maxwell Scholarship. In the community,
Bromirski is a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee
where she served as president in 2013-14, and a volunteer at The
Exceptional Foundation all four years on campus. Her work with The
Exceptional Foundation benefits individuals with special needs and
she also found time to volunteer with Piper Place, a program that
serves individuals with severe mental illness.

"Elizabeth Bromirski exemplifies the highest qualities of
scholarship, athletic ability, service, and leadership and we are
so proud of her for winning the prestigious SAA Woman of the Year
award, and bringing honor to Birmingham-Southern College," Athletic
Director Joe Dean, Jr., said.

Bromirski will graduate from Birmingham-Southern this weekend
with a double major in religion and psychology and with a 3.82
grade point average.

About the SAA Man and Woman of the Year awards:

In a joint effort to honor the Southern Athletic
Association's most elite student-athletes, Summit Management
Corporation and the SAA partnered last fall to create the annual
SAA Man and Woman of the Year. The awards, selected by a committee
comprised of Summit Management and SAA representatives, are given
to the senior class male and female nominees who best exemplify
traits of leadership, character, athletic and academic
success.

The criteria for SAA Man and Woman of the Year nominees
included that they must be a senior with no eligibility remaining,
they must have been named either First or Second Team All-SAA in
the sport in which in the participated during their athletic
careers, and they must have qualified for the SAA Academic Honor
Roll during their tenure as a student-athlete. Additionally, SAA
Man and Woman of the Year candidates are expected to be involved in
their local community in some meaningful way.